We saw this thread by Jake Shields in our timeline a couple of days ago, but we didn’t want to post anything about it until we confirmed who “Melissa” was. Now we know, and we also know that Melissa has included Shields’ thread in a video about some of that hate that’s been directed toward her recently. See what you think:
This is Melissa
Melisa was in charge of deciding what’s political disinformation on Twitter pic.twitter.com/X1zCj2FM4Z
— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) November 20, 2022
https://twitter.com/jakeshieldsajj/status/1594406096021516288
https://twitter.com/jakeshieldsajj/status/1594410138135560192
https://twitter.com/jakeshieldsajj/status/1594489869589393409
https://twitter.com/jakeshieldsajj/status/1594778126952894474
https://twitter.com/jakeshieldsajj/status/1594919679943794688
Alyssa Goard writes for NBC Bay Area:
One former Twitter contract employee who wrote models to detect for misinformation on the platform tells NBC Bay Area she is worried that on the platform’s current path, users will see more misinformation and abuse.
From her San Francisco home, Melissa Ingle is following the rapid-fire changes at her former employer, Twitter.
Ingle said she had worked as a contract employee at Twitter since September of 2021, serving as a Senior Data Scientist in content moderation for Twitter’s civic integrity group.
“We would monitor tweets that contained political information for political misinformation,” Ingle explained, noting that her team would monitor elections in the U.S. and around the world.
We all know what a great job Twitter did moderating disinformation like the Hunter Biden laptop story.
Here’s her story:
Former content moderator employee at Twitter speaks out. Do you believe this person enforced twitter ToS fairly and equally for all persons?
— John Curtis (@Johnmcurtis) November 23, 2022
Ingle, a transgender parent to two children, explained what Shields got wrong:
I made a short video of some of the twitter hate I've received just this weekend. You don't have to watch the whole thing, look away. Unfortunately, I can't. pic.twitter.com/PHrxQeAjsr
— Melissa Ingle (@mingle74) November 21, 2022
There was a meme created today by a big account claiming I was the ‘head’ of content moderation. In fact, I was a contractor! I was just lucky to be there. The actual head was 5 or 6 levels above me. I didn’t ban you. I wrote ML models based on input I got.
— Melissa Ingle (@mingle74) November 21, 2022
This is not to distance myself from Twitter’s content moderation policy – on the whole I agreed with it – but only to set the record straight.
— Melissa Ingle (@mingle74) November 21, 2022
Obviously, she agreed with Twitter’s content moderation policy, up until the moment Elon Musk purchased the company.
I think it’s pretty obvious why Twitter kept banning gender critical accounts.
— Kralik (@earlkralik) November 20, 2022
No wonder I got in trouble for my I am a woman tweet. Unbelievable.
— Code of Vets ™ (@codeofvets) November 20, 2022
This explains almost all of my suspensions
— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) November 20, 2022
I’m dead 😆
— Pardes Seleh (@PardesSeleh) November 20, 2022
I have been trying to tell people for quite some time that this, in fact, was the problem.
— Brian Knotts (@brianknotts) November 22, 2022
https://twitter.com/Ca3inAgain/status/1594709252194566145
I can see how she would be neutral on most issues.
— David Allen (@davidallen595) November 20, 2022
This is just comical. Glad Melissa is no longer at Twitter. Melissa also chose not to return to work.
— FADDE (@fadde) November 22, 2022
Now we know why @TheBabylonBee was suspended. The Rachel Levine joke was not funny to Melissa. And I guess Melissa’s opinion was Old Twitters opinion.
— 🇺🇸American (@livingfreeUSA22) November 21, 2022
She must have been doing a pretty good job, although I'm an extremely confrontational person so this honestly just sounds like fun for me
— Hea1hen (@heathengaming18) November 21, 2022
Melissa was just a contractor, but five or six levels of management above her seemed to think she was the person to police political disinformation. We notice she still has a Twitter account so she hasn’t completely split with Twitter.
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